2003

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 14.1231 Friday, 20 June 2003
[1] From: Carl Fortunato <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2003 11:29:29 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
[2] From: Dana Shilling <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2003 13:16:06 -0400
Subj: Re: SHK 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
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From: Carl Fortunato <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2003 11:29:29 -0400
Subject: 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
Comment: Re: SHK 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
>A friend of mine insists that her Yale Complete Works lists The Tempest
>as a tragedy. What were they thinking?
>
>How standardized is the list of comedies/tragedies/histories? How
>acceptable is it amongst the academia to designate the
>Romances as such?
The Folio lists Cymbeline as a tragedy. I can only conclude that those
who made that decision hadn't read it and thought the title sounded like
a tragedy.
And how would you classify Troilus and Cressida? The Folio places it
between sections.
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From: Dana Shilling <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Thursday, 19 Jun 2003 13:16:06 -0400
Subject: 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
Comment: Re: SHK 14.1217 Yale Complete Works
Susan St. John asked:
>A friend of mine insists that her Yale Complete Works lists The Tempest
>as a tragedy. What were they thinking?
1. Caliban edited it?
2. Miranda did ("Life is a tragedy to those who feel, a comedy to those
who feel")?
Dana Shilling
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